COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/2733

of 24 October 2024

making imports of multilayered wood flooring originating in the People’s Republic of China subject to registration

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1) (‘the basic Regulation’) and in particular Article 14(5) thereof,

After informing the Member States,

Whereas:

(1) On 16 May 2024, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) announced, by a notice published in the

Official Journal of the European Union

(2), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding with regard to imports into the Union of multilayered wood flooring originating in the People’s Republic of China.

(2) This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 4 April 2024 by the European Parquet Federation on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of multilayered wood flooring.

1. PRODUCT SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION

(3) The product subject to registration (‘the product concerned’) is assembled flooring panels, multilayer, of wood. Panels of bamboo or with at least the top layer (wear layer) of bamboo, and panels for mosaic floors are excluded.

(4) The product concerned is currently classified under CN code 4418 75 00 . The CN code is given for information only and without prejudice to a subsequent change in the tariff classification.

2. REGISTRATION

(5) Under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation, imports of the product concerned may be made subject to registration for the purpose of ensuring that, if the investigation results in findings leading to the imposition of anti-dumping duties, those duties can, if the necessary conditions are fulfilled, be levied retroactively on the registered imports in accordance with the applicable legal provisions.

(6) The Commission has decided to make imports of the product concerned subject to registration on its own initiative under Article 14(5) of the basic Regulation. The conditions for retroactive collection of duties will be assessed in the regulation imposing definitive duties, if any.

(7) Any future liability would emanate from the findings of the investigation.

(8) In the complaint requesting the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation, dumping margins for the product concerned were estimated to range from 60 % to 160 % and an average injury elimination level was estimated to range between 40 % and 50 % in the period from October 2022 to September 2023.

(9) The amount of possible future liability would normally be set at the lower of those two levels according to Article 7(2) of the basic Regulation. If, during the investigation, the Commission finds evidence of raw material distortions pursuant to Article 7(2a) of the basic Regulation, the amount of possible future liability would be set at the level of the dumping margin as provided for in Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation if it is concluded that a duty lower than the margin of dumping would not be sufficient to remove the injury suffered by the Union industry.

3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

(10) Any personal data collected in the context of this registration will be treated in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The customs authorities are hereby directed, under Article 14(5) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036, to take the appropriate steps to register imports into the Union of assembled flooring panels, multilayer, of wood, currently classified under CN code 4418 75 00 , and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2. Panels of bamboo or with at least the top layer (wear layer) of bamboo, and panels for mosaic floors are excluded from the product described in Article 1(1).

3. Registration shall expire nine months following the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 October 2024.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/1036/oj

(2)

OJ C, C/2024/3186, 16.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3186/oj

(3) Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (

OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2733/oj

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